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Heard a builder badmouthing our work at a supply house in Nashville

I was picking up glue at Builders Supply yesterday and overheard a general contractor telling his buddy that carpet installers 'just roll stuff out and collect a check'. He said we don't care about seams or pattern matching. I wanted to say something but kept my mouth shut. It got me thinking - do any of you guys run into this kind of attitude from builders, and how do you handle it without burning bridges?
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aaron_perry
Wonder what that builder would say if he saw the hours we spend on a tricky herringbone pattern or a multicolor berber. Has he ever had to seam together two pieces of carpet with a heavy medallion design where the repeat is every 27 inches? That's not just rolling it out, that's a full day's puzzle.
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the_fiona
the_fiona1mo ago
Nah, that guy's way off base - pattern matching takes serious skill.
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lily57
lily571mo ago
Right, @the_fiona... it's a real art form.
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